Dwarf Globe Blue Spruce - On Standard - May 2026

I found this dwarf blue spruce on a high graft - or 'on standard' a week back and I went back for it the next day and brought it home.  Named Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa'.  You can see the bright spring growth on the tips of this thing in the first photo below.  Is this a tree?  I don't think so.  Let's call this an evergreen shrub, so it won't go on my [trees planted] list.  But, being up 'on standard' almost makes me call it a tree.  

Here, below is the front/back of the plant tag showing the blue color.

I have three other blue spruces - two in front IB2DWs and one in the back.  The two up front are doing good (one better than the other), but the one in back is in severe decline.  

Blue spruces add an interesting color and texture to the garden, so my brain made the connection between the 'blank spot' I had been staring at for a few weeks in the [kitchen curved] bed and this dwarf conifer.  When I brought it home, I plop'd it right in the 'blank spot' and I thought it worked just fine.  

See below for the location amongst peonies (on the left) and a Matcha Ball Fern Leaf Spirea on the right.  Also note the leaf litter in this photo.

Here, below, is after planting the conifer shrub.  The Hicks Yew in the background were the only evergreens in this bed, so now they have company in the form of this 'on standard' Blue Spruce.  The Lucky Charm Anemone will grow up at the feet of this shrub and fill in that blank space.  Or, at least I'm hoping it will.  

#11 on my 2026 to-do list was to add even more conifers.  Check and check.